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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 29
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Jeremiah tells Jews in Babylon to prepare for seventy years of captivity—Those remaining in Jerusalem shall yet be scattered—Shemaiah prophesies falsely and is cursed.
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Now</span> these <i>are</i> the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
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(After that <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 15.">Jeconiah</a> the king, and the queen, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/2b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR officers, or courtiers.">eunuchs</a>, the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/29/2c" mark="c" type="E" title="OR ministers, or officials; Jer. 24: 1.">princes</a> of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
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By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
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Build ye houses, and dwell <i>in them;</i> and plant <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Nature.">gardens</a>, and eat the fruit of them;
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Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
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And seek the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Contentment.">peace</a> of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
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&#182; For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 27: 9.">diviners</a>, that <i>be</i> in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Dreams.">dreams</a> which ye cause to be dreamed.
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For they <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG False Prophets.">prophesy</a> falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, That after <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 11.">seventy</a> years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 33: 14.">perform</a> my good word toward you, in causing you to <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/29/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 10: 3; 2 Ne. 6: 9 (8-9).">return</a> to this place.
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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 31: 17.">end</a>.
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Then shall ye <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 8: 48.">call</a> upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/12b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB hear you.">hearken</a> unto you.
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And ye shall <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Access to.">seek</a> me, and find <i>me,</i> when ye shall <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 36: 37.">search</a> for me with all your <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/29/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="James 5: 16; 1 Ne. 1: 5 (5-8); 3 Ne. 12: 6.">heart</a>.
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And I will be found of you, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of; TG Israel, Judah, People of.">gather</a> you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
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&#182; Because ye have said, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
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<i>Know</i> that thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, <i>and</i> of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/17a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR bad.">evil</a>.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB pursue after.">persecute</a> them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">removed</a> to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
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Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending <i>them;</i> but ye would not hear, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; Hear ye therefore the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
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And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which <i>are</i> in Babylon, saying, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
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Because they have committed <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/23a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB vile deeds.">villany</a> in Israel, and have committed <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/29/23b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Adultery.">adultery</a> with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and <i>am</i> a witness, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; <i>Thus</i> shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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Thus speaketh the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that <i>are</i> at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, for every man <i>that is</i> mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
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Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 1.">Anathoth</a>, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
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For therefore he sent unto us <i>in</i> Babylon, saying, This <i>captivity is</i> long: build ye houses, and dwell <i>in them;</i> and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
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&#182; Then came the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto Jeremiah, saying,
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Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/29/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 28: 15.">lie</a>:
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Therefore thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; because he hath taught rebellion against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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